- Date
- December 9, 1991, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quincy, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66686Logan GN-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911209059239A
- Case key
- 33040
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing that caused the loss of control in flight. A contributing factor was the pilot's lack of total experience.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswind
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Lack of experienceFactor
In flight collision with object
Object - building(nonresidential)
Analysis
The private pilot attempted a crosswind landing and lost control of the airplane during the bounced landing. The airplane came to rest on top of a hangar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66686
- Reported as
- Logan GN-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1359
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Logan, Jerry L.
- Registered owner
- Logan, Jerry L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 4, 1991 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- 259 · Gadsden Co., runway 32, 3,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 82 total · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 29 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.